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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Macpherson - The Untold Story

The Daniels report won’t solve anti-Black racism at the Met – but it offers a new way to tackle it

The 30 Patterns of Harm report draws on evidence from within the Metropolitan police. That’s hard to dismiss, and gives us an opportunity for hope, says Keith Magee, co-chair of the Black Community Policing Advisory Panel

The Guardian - UK

Home cleaners are now demanding $100K salaries in the new era of the uber-rich

Many view their job description as having changed from purely cleaning and upkeep, to maintenance and preservation – more akin to museum curators

The Independent UK

Footage of Met officers shows ‘nothing much has changed’, says Doreen Lawrence

A landmark report into her son’s murder, published in 1999, found the UK’s largest force to be ‘institutionally racist’.

Evening Standard

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Government Bill to block new sentencing guidelines clears first Commons test

The proposals were brought forward following claims of a ‘two-tier’ justice system.

Evening Standard

Neil Basu on racism, riots and quitting the Met: ‘When policing is bad, it’s the worst’

He was the most senior Asian officer in British policing, tipped for the top job of Met commissioner. But then came Black Lives Matter and the murder of Sarah Everard – and he couldn’t stay silent any more

The Guardian - UK

Creature Commandos season 1 ending explained: who dies, is there a post-credits scene, will there be a season 2, and more of your biggest questions answered

Creature Commandos' season 1 finale is out now – here's what happens in it and whether it sets up future DCU projects.

TechRadar

Yorkshire cricket racism whistleblower Azeem Rafiq accuses police of ‘brutality’ in Manchester Airport footage

Exclusive: “It’s 2024 - we are years on from Stephen Lawrence’s murder and the MacPherson report highlighting institutional racism within policing,” Azeem Rafiq told The Independent. “Yet, where are we? Not enough has changed.”

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What minority ethnic police officers face on the job – and how to fix policing culture

It was only last year that the independent Casey review concluded that the Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic. And things have only gotten worse.

The Conversation

Doreen Lawrence accuses police of 'arrogance' as she criticises force for failing to promote black officers

The Labour peer said that data suggests black officers are more prone to discipline than white colleagues and face lower promotion rates

Evening Standard

'Coast clear' for inheritance tax cut in Autumn Statement - former Treasury boss

Jeremy Hunt refused to rule out the measure in a BBC News interview

Evening Standard

Senior officer in Stephen Lawrence case was ‘corrupt’, Met document claims

Solicitor for Doreen Lawrence says ex-police commander Ray Adams should face investigation into alleged perjury

The Guardian - UK

Detectives accused of bungling first Stephen Lawrence inquiry will not face charges

Exclusive: Lady Lawrence calls decision a ‘disgrace’ after announcement despite errors made by senior detectives leading to suspects remaining free

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The Met must now reopen the case of Stephen Lawrence’s tragic murder

At the end of April, just two months ago, we marked 30 years since the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, who was killed in a racist attack in south-east London in 1993. There was an anniversary memorial service at St Martin-in-the-Fields church and much reflection about how the Metropolitan…

Evening Standard

Who is Matthew White? New suspect in Stephen Lawrence murder

White first came to police attention aftering telling officers he visited the home address of two other suspects on night of murder

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‘I know what injustice is’: Duwayne Brooks on losing Stephen Lawrence – and fighting to be London’s Tory mayor

Thirty years after the racist murder of his friend, Brooks wants to run the city whose police failed him and so many others – as a Conservative. What makes him think he can do better than Sadiq Khan?

The Guardian - UK

Neville Lawrence says Met police surrendered to son’s killers

Father speaks out on 30th anniversary of murder as new research shows continuing stop and search inequality

The Independent UK

Met Police ‘did not dig deep enough’ to confront racism after Lawrence murder

Sir Mark Rowley apologised for failings in the aftermath of the killing which led to the force’s response to it being branded institutionally racist.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: 30 years on from the murder of Stephen Lawrence, a reality check for the Met

This weekend marks 30 years since 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence was murdered in an unprovoked racist attack while waiting for a bus in Eltham, south-east London. In the wake of his killing, and the failure of the initial police investigation, came the landmark 1999 Macpherson Report, which concluded that the Metropolitan…

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Doreen Lawrence: black people in UK still don’t get justice

Mother of teenager killed in racist attack in 1993 says police in London ‘able to be as brutal as they want’

Daily Mirror

Stephen Lawrence's dad vows to face son's killers and tells them to finally confess

Neville Lawrence, 81, told the Daily Mirror he will give victim impact statements at the parole hearings of Gary Dobson, 47, and David Norris, 46.

The Conversation

Casey review: how the Met police needs to accept that it is institutionally racist and deal with failures

Louise Casey’s review of the standards of behaviour and internal culture at the Metropolitan police makes for uncomfortable reading. It was commissioned following the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens, who was a serving Met officer at the time.

Daily Mirror

Met crackdown on rogue cops will NOT focus on officers accused of racism

The Metropolitan police will not be looking at racism in its plans to root out rogue officers despite the Casey report labelling the force institutionally racist

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the serial failings of the Metropolitan police

The force’s leadership must act on the findings of Louise Casey’s review and rebuild its trust with the public

Evening Standard

Met chief Sir Mark Rowley again refuses to use ‘institutional’ to describe police’s problems

Sir Mark Rowley said the word had an “ambiguous” set of meetings, as well as being politically contentious

Daily Mirror

'The long arm of the law is lawless. How many more of these wake-up calls do we need?'

Trouble is, we’ve been here before - with the Scarman Report in 1981 and the 1999 MacPherson inquiry which famously found the Met to be institutionally racist

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